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===Intercardinal directions=== The intercardinal (intermediate, or, historically, ordinal<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.geographyrealm.com/cardinal-directions-ordinal-directions/ |title="Ordinal directions refer to the direction found at the point equally between each cardinal direction," ''Cardinal Directions and Ordinal Directions'', geographyrealm.com |date=22 July 2013 |access-date=22 January 2025 }}</ref>) directions are the four intermediate compass directions located halfway between each pair of cardinal directions. * Northeast (NE), 45Β°, halfway between north and east, is the opposite of southwest. * Southeast (SE), 135Β°, halfway between south and east, is the opposite of northwest. * Southwest (SW), 225Β°, halfway between south and west, is the opposite of northeast. * Northwest (NW), 315Β°, halfway between north and west, is the opposite of southeast.
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